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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 47 | Thursday April 2, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Spring forward: Two
Springfest 2009 bands are
profiled. PAGE 7
Wildcats?: Tim Floyd interviewed
with Arizona about its head
coaching vacancy. PAGE 16
By Laura Nelson
Daily Trojan
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a
$75,000 reward Wednesday for information leading to an
arrest and conviction in Sunday’s fatal hit-and-run.
Earlier the same day, USC Executive Vice President and
Provost C. L. Max Nikias also announced the university
would provide an additional $50,000 to the reward. The Los
Angeles Board of Supervisors approved a motion Monday by
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas offering $10,000 for simi-lar
information — bringing the reward total to $135,000.
“Often people know something small but may not
think it’s significant,” said Councilman Bernard C. Parks,
who proposed the $75,000 sum Monday. “What they don’t
realize is that they may have one very important piece of a
puzzle.”
Parks said an anonymous donor had also contacted his
office and expressed interest in contributing additional
money to the reward, but a final decision on the contribu-tion
had not yet been made.
Adrianna Bachan, an 18-year-old USC freshman, was
killed in the 3 a.m. hit-and-run at Hoover Street and
Jefferson Boulevard. Another freshman, 19-year-old Marcus
Garfinkle, was injured in the incident.
Andrea Torres, director of Student Support and
Advocacy for USC Student Affairs, said Garfinkle is “sta-ble
and he has been awake and alert throughout the whole
process.”
The vehicle struck Bachan and Garfinkle when its driver
ran a red light as the students crossed Jefferson moving
southbound, said LAPD Det. Jimmy Render, who is han-dling
the case.
According to witnesses, Garfinkle was carried on the
car’s hood before the driver stopped and the front seat pas-senger
moved Garfinkle from the vehicle to the sidewalk,
Render said. The car then drove away.
“All I am pleading is whoever saw anything, please come
$135,000 offered as reward in hit-and-run case
Three different sources, including the university,
have contributed money toward the reward.
| see reward, page 3 |
Amaresh Sundaram Kuppuswamy | Daily Trojan
Support · Students from USC filled the hallway of the John Ferraro Council Chambers Wednesday morning, where the Los
Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $75,000 reward for information regarding Sunday’s hit-and-run near campus.
By holly villamagna
Daily Trojan
Administrators at USC’s Health
Sciences Campus are working on a
master plan to bring new amenities
to students and faculty and help
integrate USC’s two new hospitals
into campus life.
The university closed a deal to
acquire USC University Hospital
and Norris Cancer Hospital from
Tenet Health Care on March 31,
said Meghan Lewit, a media rela-tions
representative from Health
Sciences Public Relations.
The acquisition is just one step
in a broad range of changes planned
for the Health Sciences Campus,
said Laurie Stone, a program direc-tor
in Capital Construction, who is
leading the planning process.
“The acquisition of the Tenet
hospital facilities provides an
excellent opportunity for the uni-versity
to integrate the hospitals
into the campus fabric,” Stone said.
“A master plan can accomplish this
goal while also identifying the long-
HSC master
plan includes
two hospitals
The hospitals will be integrated
immediately, though the plan
will take a few years to develop.
| see plan, page 11 |
By kate mather
Daily Trojan
Adrianna “Adri” Bachan, a
freshman majoring in environ-mental
sciences, died early Sunday
morning following a hit-and-run
near campus. She was 18.
The Montecito native played on
the USC club soccer team, was a
member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority
and held two campus jobs, but
friends said they will remember
Bachan most for her infectious
personality.
“People always talk about how
she had a zeal for life, but it’s not
just that,” said Patrick Lauer, a
freshman majoring in business
who first met Bachan in the third
grade. “It’s how it rubbed off on
others and how it made you really
enjoy the moment and what you
were doing.”
Friends said Bachan’s family —
mother Carmen, father James and
older sister Alexandra, who called
her “‘eensy,’ for the eensy spider,”
her mother said — was important
to her.
“Apart from being very social and
just being surrounded by friends all
the time, she was also very family-oriented,”
said Arshaluis Hogikyan,
a freshman majoring in aero-space
engineering and Bachan’s
roommate. “She would always
share everything with her dad.”
Bachan — who would often opt
to wear her father’s shirts instead
of her own — would “tell him
everything,” Hogikyan said.
“They were all they had in life,”
she said. “They were so close.”
Friendship was also important
to Bachan, and those who knew her
said they would often bond over
food — Yogurtland in particular.
“I remember the time we went
to Yogurtland recently … I just
remember her opening the door and
saying ‘What makes you happy?’”
said Laura Colvin, an undecided
freshman and one of Bachan’s
suitemates. “So we all had to go.”
“She used to say me and her
were the perfect friends because
every time we went to Parkside
I’d get pumpkin pie and I’d eat the
inside and she’d only eat the crust,”
said Chelsea DuChene, a freshman
majoring in engineering who
also lived with Bachan. “We went
together really well.”
Bachan was a member of the Pi
Beta Phi sorority, which she joined
at the beginning of the school year.
Though she was dedicated to the
sorority, friends said she was not
defined by it.
“We always called ourselves
separate from Pi Phi,” said Nicole
Valencia, a freshman majoring in
music industry who met Bachan
while rushing Pi Phi. “She was
devoted to Pi Phi, but it wasn’t her
life. She had other things going
on.” Bachan also worked on campus
as a sales associate for the Library
Store at Pertusati University
Bookstore and a student office
assistant for the USC Athletics
Aquatic Office.
Despite her many activities,
friends said she had an obvious
passion for soccer — she was the
captain of her high school team,
played on the women’s club team
during her first semester at USC
Adrianna Bachan, 18, remembered for her passion
Friends say they will remember
Bachan for her generosity and
ability to make others laugh.
| see bachan, page 11 |
Photo Courtesy of Chelsea DuChene

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 47 | Thursday April 2, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Spring forward: Two
Springfest 2009 bands are
profiled. PAGE 7
Wildcats?: Tim Floyd interviewed
with Arizona about its head
coaching vacancy. PAGE 16
By Laura Nelson
Daily Trojan
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a
$75,000 reward Wednesday for information leading to an
arrest and conviction in Sunday’s fatal hit-and-run.
Earlier the same day, USC Executive Vice President and
Provost C. L. Max Nikias also announced the university
would provide an additional $50,000 to the reward. The Los
Angeles Board of Supervisors approved a motion Monday by
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas offering $10,000 for simi-lar
information — bringing the reward total to $135,000.
“Often people know something small but may not
think it’s significant,” said Councilman Bernard C. Parks,
who proposed the $75,000 sum Monday. “What they don’t
realize is that they may have one very important piece of a
puzzle.”
Parks said an anonymous donor had also contacted his
office and expressed interest in contributing additional
money to the reward, but a final decision on the contribu-tion
had not yet been made.
Adrianna Bachan, an 18-year-old USC freshman, was
killed in the 3 a.m. hit-and-run at Hoover Street and
Jefferson Boulevard. Another freshman, 19-year-old Marcus
Garfinkle, was injured in the incident.
Andrea Torres, director of Student Support and
Advocacy for USC Student Affairs, said Garfinkle is “sta-ble
and he has been awake and alert throughout the whole
process.”
The vehicle struck Bachan and Garfinkle when its driver
ran a red light as the students crossed Jefferson moving
southbound, said LAPD Det. Jimmy Render, who is han-dling
the case.
According to witnesses, Garfinkle was carried on the
car’s hood before the driver stopped and the front seat pas-senger
moved Garfinkle from the vehicle to the sidewalk,
Render said. The car then drove away.
“All I am pleading is whoever saw anything, please come
$135,000 offered as reward in hit-and-run case
Three different sources, including the university,
have contributed money toward the reward.
| see reward, page 3 |
Amaresh Sundaram Kuppuswamy | Daily Trojan
Support · Students from USC filled the hallway of the John Ferraro Council Chambers Wednesday morning, where the Los
Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $75,000 reward for information regarding Sunday’s hit-and-run near campus.
By holly villamagna
Daily Trojan
Administrators at USC’s Health
Sciences Campus are working on a
master plan to bring new amenities
to students and faculty and help
integrate USC’s two new hospitals
into campus life.
The university closed a deal to
acquire USC University Hospital
and Norris Cancer Hospital from
Tenet Health Care on March 31,
said Meghan Lewit, a media rela-tions
representative from Health
Sciences Public Relations.
The acquisition is just one step
in a broad range of changes planned
for the Health Sciences Campus,
said Laurie Stone, a program direc-tor
in Capital Construction, who is
leading the planning process.
“The acquisition of the Tenet
hospital facilities provides an
excellent opportunity for the uni-versity
to integrate the hospitals
into the campus fabric,” Stone said.
“A master plan can accomplish this
goal while also identifying the long-
HSC master
plan includes
two hospitals
The hospitals will be integrated
immediately, though the plan
will take a few years to develop.
| see plan, page 11 |
By kate mather
Daily Trojan
Adrianna “Adri” Bachan, a
freshman majoring in environ-mental
sciences, died early Sunday
morning following a hit-and-run
near campus. She was 18.
The Montecito native played on
the USC club soccer team, was a
member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority
and held two campus jobs, but
friends said they will remember
Bachan most for her infectious
personality.
“People always talk about how
she had a zeal for life, but it’s not
just that,” said Patrick Lauer, a
freshman majoring in business
who first met Bachan in the third
grade. “It’s how it rubbed off on
others and how it made you really
enjoy the moment and what you
were doing.”
Friends said Bachan’s family —
mother Carmen, father James and
older sister Alexandra, who called
her “‘eensy,’ for the eensy spider,”
her mother said — was important
to her.
“Apart from being very social and
just being surrounded by friends all
the time, she was also very family-oriented,”
said Arshaluis Hogikyan,
a freshman majoring in aero-space
engineering and Bachan’s
roommate. “She would always
share everything with her dad.”
Bachan — who would often opt
to wear her father’s shirts instead
of her own — would “tell him
everything,” Hogikyan said.
“They were all they had in life,”
she said. “They were so close.”
Friendship was also important
to Bachan, and those who knew her
said they would often bond over
food — Yogurtland in particular.
“I remember the time we went
to Yogurtland recently … I just
remember her opening the door and
saying ‘What makes you happy?’”
said Laura Colvin, an undecided
freshman and one of Bachan’s
suitemates. “So we all had to go.”
“She used to say me and her
were the perfect friends because
every time we went to Parkside
I’d get pumpkin pie and I’d eat the
inside and she’d only eat the crust,”
said Chelsea DuChene, a freshman
majoring in engineering who
also lived with Bachan. “We went
together really well.”
Bachan was a member of the Pi
Beta Phi sorority, which she joined
at the beginning of the school year.
Though she was dedicated to the
sorority, friends said she was not
defined by it.
“We always called ourselves
separate from Pi Phi,” said Nicole
Valencia, a freshman majoring in
music industry who met Bachan
while rushing Pi Phi. “She was
devoted to Pi Phi, but it wasn’t her
life. She had other things going
on.” Bachan also worked on campus
as a sales associate for the Library
Store at Pertusati University
Bookstore and a student office
assistant for the USC Athletics
Aquatic Office.
Despite her many activities,
friends said she had an obvious
passion for soccer — she was the
captain of her high school team,
played on the women’s club team
during her first semester at USC
Adrianna Bachan, 18, remembered for her passion
Friends say they will remember
Bachan for her generosity and
ability to make others laugh.
| see bachan, page 11 |
Photo Courtesy of Chelsea DuChene